Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

If you remember the '90s, you weren't there.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

Art is commenting on what's going on around you in your life.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

I'd still prefer to do five nights at a club than one night at Allstate Arena.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

This administration affects the everyday life of the common person.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

Everyone reaches their point in time where either they die or they get sick of doing drugs. It started getting debilitating. I enjoy my music a lot better than my drugs.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

It's typical of record companies. They sign you because you're unique, and then they want to put you in a mold so they can sell records.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

Punk rock really influenced me, the basic metal bands, Zeppelin, Stones and Floyd, and Southern rock bands. I think I was pretty well-rounded.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

I just tell you what I feel. I go out there, you put a quarter on my tongue, twist my ear and I'll spit out some hit for you.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

Let's get with it, guys: You don't need to hear a Ministry song to get political. You should be political on your own. We're just a side project to society. So do I care what people think about me personally? No. I just do what I do.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

Listen, man: I am not the industrial godfather, king, whatever. I don't relish that title. I don't like it. I think it's limiting. I do country, I do blues. I don't just go straight.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

Ah, man, if I could ever hook up with Tom Waits, I'd be the happiest camper in Yellowstone, alright? That's the one guy.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

I'm the biggest Blackhawks fan ever. I've been going to games since I was 6 years old.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

I got my influences from '70s bands - Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, blah blah blah. When I was growing up, we had all these crazy bands on the Top 40. Today, if Pink Floyd released 'Money,' it wouldn't even get played.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

I don't think I've ever done anything professionally.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

Basically, an artist should be a mirror, or a reflection of society or his or her environment. What you see is what you can articulate.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

I get along great with all of my exes. That's really cool. That's a good sign.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

I've seen 48 Stanley Cups in my life. I was about six or seven when I started going to games with my dad.

Al Jourgensen
Al Jourgensen

The main thing in measuring integrity is someone's motive and intent, not how many records they sell. Our intent in Ministry was never to be big. We just wanted to make enough money to live and to buy a studio, which we have done in Austin.